# Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1213 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1214 --- ## [Murmuration, a flock of starlings...cool](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/murmuration-a-flock-of-starlings-cool/602418)
**Author:** [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2011, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/murmuration-a-flock-of-starlings-cool/602418 "2011-11-13T20:50:28Z")
No, a flock of starlings isnt some retro 80s style band. Here is a video of a murmuration of starlings. And I bet the video doesnt do the real thing justice. I think I’d about pee my pants in wonder if I saw this in pers… --- ## [Have you just up and crazy? (made a bold move)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-just-up-and-crazy-made-a-bold-move/602584)
**Author:** [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2011, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-just-up-and-crazy-made-a-bold-move/602584 "2011-11-13T18:02:08Z")
Have you ever up and decided, you have generally good intentions, but, it’s just not ultimately doing everyone any good? Or, really, for whatever reasons, like Pump Up the Volume, you decide that it’s not working out fo… --- ## [Last night I spilt a glass of champagne into my laptop ...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-night-i-spilt-a-glass-of-champagne-into-my-laptop/602753)
**Author:** [@Isamu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isamu)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2011, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-night-i-spilt-a-glass-of-champagne-into-my-laptop/602753 "2011-11-13T17:17:32Z")
and it still works. How long until it becomes sentient? --- ## [I set Garamond as my system font](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-set-garamond-as-my-system-font/602704)
**Author:** [@yelimS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yelimS)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2011, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-set-garamond-as-my-system-font/602704 "2011-11-13T15:40:08Z")
And do I ever love it! Now, if only I could figure out how to do the same with those obnoxious web pages… --- ## [Remembrance Day today](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remembrance-day-today/602615)
**Author:** [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2011, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remembrance-day-today/602615 "2011-11-13T15:24:28Z")
We remember. Little Belgian boy salutes Canadian troops. --- ## [Autumnal Sequenox 3 -- Fall into sequential threads](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/autumnal-sequenox-3-fall-into-sequential-threads/597557)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 283\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2011, 11:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/autumnal-sequenox-3-fall-into-sequential-threads/597557 "2011-11-13T11:04:46Z")
New season, new sequential threads thread. Does America Really Need… screaming kids - really? --- ## [What do you regret?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-regret/601924)
**Author:** [@senpai71](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/senpai71)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2011, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-regret/601924 "2011-11-13T06:56:38Z")
Following up from a post in a separate thread (The stories you tell! - Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share - Straight Dope Message Board), I thought I’d like to know what things people regret the most… For my … --- ## [stupid contact lense manufacturers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-contact-lense-manufacturers/602752)
**Author:** [@adhemar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adhemar)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2011, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-contact-lense-manufacturers/602752 "2011-11-13T05:42:45Z")
apparently if you are very nearsighted you can’t get the nifty multifocal lenses. Because they don’t make them strong enough, most manufacturers don’t go above -8 and the stongest I found online was -10. I need -12. I gu… --- ## [Did you hear the national EBS test?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-hear-the-national-ebs-test/602471)
**Author:** [@installLSC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/installLSC)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2011, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-hear-the-national-ebs-test/602471 "2011-11-13T04:50:38Z")
I heard the national EBT test scheduled today at 11am PT/2pm. The radio station I listen to did the usual beep, short message, and then went silent for a minute. I’ve heard on the internet that many stations botched th… --- ## [My friend got hurt really bad last night.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-friend-got-hurt-really-bad-last-night/601961)
**Author:** [@Tanaqui](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tanaqui)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2011, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-friend-got-hurt-really-bad-last-night/601961 "2011-11-13T04:34:45Z")
We were out drinking to celebrate the end of a few terribly stressful weeks (in grad school life.) We drank more than we should have. It was around 1 and we were just about to leave the bar. I was going to crash at my f… --- ## [Record Flooding in Thailand](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/record-flooding-in-thailand/599013)
**Author:** [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Replies:** 113\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2011, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/record-flooding-in-thailand/599013 "2011-11-13T04:34:33Z")
Severe floods are relatively common in Thailand, but this years’ are the “worst in modern history.” 250 deaths are reported already, with flooding expected for at least another month. Economic damages will be several bi… --- ## [Cop Brutality - it's different when its local.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cop-brutality-its-different-when-its-local/602228)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2011, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cop-brutality-its-different-when-its-local/602228 "2011-11-13T03:08:44Z")
One of our Cops beat the crap out of a guy at one of our nicer restaurants. Hope they file charges against this cop. The slo mo footage is sickening. local story. Nine days later he’s still pretty batter… --- ## [Throat Wobbler Mangrove](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/throat-wobbler-mangrove/602700)
**Author:** [@Shakester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shakester)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2011, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/throat-wobbler-mangrove/602700 "2011-11-13T03:00:46Z")
I always heard the name as “Wobbler” and not “Warbler” as many on this site seem to think. After seeing “Warbler” one time too many, I finally checked it. He’s definitely 100% for certain saying Wobbler. As in one who … --- ## [I don't think of myself as a memorable person](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-think-of-myself-as-a-memorable-person/602468)
**Author:** [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2011, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-think-of-myself-as-a-memorable-person/602468 "2011-11-13T01:57:47Z")
Yet, in the three weeks I’ve been back in Denver after a four year absence, a waitress, a restaurant owner (at a different place), a barber, and a cashier at Safeway have all said, “Hi, Frank, haven’t seen you in a while… --- ## [I am a veteran](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-a-veteran/602656)
**Author:** [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2011, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-a-veteran/602656 "2011-11-12T23:14:43Z")
First, I have to say how proud and grateful I am for those who have and are serving to defend me and mine. I’m proud to have also served my country, but it wasn’t always so. I am a Viet Nam era veteran. I didn’t tell pe… --- ## [Cute kitten in need of home.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cute-kitten-in-need-of-home/602200)
**Author:** [@slightly\_askew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slightly_askew)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2011, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cute-kitten-in-need-of-home/602200 "2011-11-12T21:40:45Z")
I have gotten moderator permission to ask. Can anyone give this sweet kitty a home? This cutie showed up on my back porch in September. We’ve gotten her fixed and she’s had all her shots. We’ve tried really hard to a… --- ## [A message from my realtor](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-message-from-my-realtor/602706)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2011, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-message-from-my-realtor/602706 "2011-11-12T21:07:01Z")
My realtor sends periodic market updates to his clients. (I have a house, and I don’t want to sell it. Am I still a client?) Pretty mundane and pointless, but I thought I’d share a positive sign. --- ## ["Chuckles" has Passed Away](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chuckles-has-passed-away/602690)
**Author:** [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2011, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chuckles-has-passed-away/602690 "2011-11-12T20:57:38Z")
All of us here have nicknames. I am “English Paul,” as opposed to “Small Paul” and of course “Tex.” “Chuckles” was all sort of screwed up. Although he had lived here in the compound for years, none of us ever talked to … --- ## [I stopped a theft](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-stopped-a-theft/602646)
**Author:** [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2011, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-stopped-a-theft/602646 "2011-11-12T19:19:28Z")
Yesterday I went to lunch at Luby’s (cafeteria). I got my tray and went looking for a place to sit. I observed a booth with several purses in it but no people. I looked around, couldn’t ID the owners, and thought “I bet … --- ## [Wanna stalk each other on Twitter?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanna-stalk-each-other-on-twitter/601534)
**Author:** [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2011, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanna-stalk-each-other-on-twitter/601534 "2011-11-12T19:09:49Z")
I ask, mostly because I need more attention :smiley: Nah, you’re an amusing bunch, and that’s why I really ask - I could use more amusement in my life. Who’s on twitter that I should be looking for? This is me. --- ## ["Walkin' in an orgy wondeland!"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walkin-in-an-orgy-wondeland/601698)
**Author:** [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2011, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walkin-in-an-orgy-wondeland/601698 "2011-11-12T19:09:33Z")
So I’m listening to the TV while I work, not looking, and I hear this and… “WTF??!!” --- ## [Why ask what?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-ask-what/602713)
**Author:** [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2011, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-ask-what/602713 "2011-11-12T18:56:04Z")
So this morning, I was trying to pick up my (corded) keyboard, and there was a cable in my way, one of those cables you keep plugged in to the USB slots at the back of the PC because they’re so hard to get to. I fought … --- ## [I just bought a MegaMillions ticket](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-bought-a-megamillions-ticket/602654)
**Author:** [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2011, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-bought-a-megamillions-ticket/602654 "2011-11-12T18:55:55Z")
The jackpot is $22,000,000. (I just wanted to type that out.) The drawing is tonight. I know, tell me the odds, tell me I’m an idiot, wish me luck, whatever. Impulse buy as I was buying a gallon of milk at the gas st… --- ## ["Tell me the truth honey..."](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-the-truth-honey/602668)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2011, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-the-truth-honey/602668 "2011-11-12T14:41:11Z")
“…does this make my butt look big?” --- ## [OUCHIE! Newslink](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ouchie-newslink/602685)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2011, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ouchie-newslink/602685 "2011-11-12T14:07:30Z")
Bowling balls are for rolling! http://www.azcentral.com/offbeat/articles/2011/11/09/20111109new-york-bowling-ball-hits-face.html Alcohol was allegedly involved in the incident. \ Fred Flintstone is alive & well… --- ## [Gate on the highway that's only supposed to let buses through is always broken so anybody can go](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gate-on-the-highway-thats-only-supposed-to-let-buses-through-is-always-broken-so-anybody-can-go/602679)
**Author:** [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2011, 11:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gate-on-the-highway-thats-only-supposed-to-let-buses-through-is-always-broken-so-anybody-can-go/602679 "2011-11-12T11:13:55Z")
On the Dulles Toll Road in Northern Virginia, eastbound just past Hunter Mill Road, there’s an opening in the barrier that separates it from the free airport access road. It has a gate with a bar across the road, colored… --- ## [When "No!" means "Yes!" (Not a sexual consent thread)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-no-means-yes-not-a-sexual-consent-thread/602497)
**Author:** [@Isamu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isamu)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2011, 8:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-no-means-yes-not-a-sexual-consent-thread/602497 "2011-11-12T08:02:12Z")
I was reminded of this abrasive personality trait the other night when out with someone who does this: in response to almost any sentence where you are seeking confirmation, whether by asking a question or not, the respo… --- ## [11:11 and other fun clock things](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/11-11-and-other-fun-clock-things/490047)
**Author:** [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2011, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/11-11-and-other-fun-clock-things/490047 "2011-11-12T05:37:20Z")
Just now I was putting on some fresh water in the coffee maker and noticed it was 12:34. After 11:11 that’s my favorite time. Back in 1989 I made a point of coming home from work so I could have my picture taken in fron… --- ## [Stories of Extreme Circumcision....NSFW, of course](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stories-of-extreme-circumcision-nsfw-of-course/602394)
**Author:** [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2011, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stories-of-extreme-circumcision-nsfw-of-course/602394 "2011-11-12T04:24:35Z")
Co-worker forwarded me a link WHY:eek: that made me cross my legs with extreme prejudice. Looks like the author is dealing with…issues. :rolleyes: --- ## [Because some of us are awake already, a Place Holder MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/because-some-of-us-are-awake-already-a-place-holder-mmp/601366)
**Author:** [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Replies:** 295\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2011, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/because-some-of-us-are-awake-already-a-place-holder-mmp/601366 "2011-11-12T02:16:14Z")
dogbutler promised to start one, but it’s 6:30 am on the east coast of USA, and some of us are impatient. :wink: Feel free to jump in. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1212) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/miscellaneous-and-personal-stuff-i-must-share/10.md?page=1214)